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Leeper's Argonauts of Forty Nine

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Title: The Argonauts of Forty Nine
Author: Leeper D. R.
Description: 146, xvi pp. Illustrated with drawings by O. Marion Elbel. Errata printed on the copyright page. 8½x5¾, original gilt-lettered blue cloth, decoratively bordered in black. Errata slip at rear. First Edition.Sold with 1950 facsimile reprint with ownership signature of Ralph P. Bieber on front free endpaper. Setting out from South Bend in 1849, Leeper and his party crossed the plains and entered California via the Lassen Cutoff. Kurutz notes that "Leeper provides an excellent description of Sutter's Fort and mining activities at Hangtown Creek, Kelsey's Canyon and the Trinity Diggings." Cowan p. 388; Graff 2447; Howes L226; Kurutz 296; Rocq 15912; Streeter 3199; Wheat Books 124.
Heading: Place Published: South Bend
Publisher: J. B. Stoll and Company
Date Published: 1894 [1895]